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TODAY Connections: Sports Edition a fun one. The blue group makes me think of dusty gum sticks, and the purple requires you to find the hidden names of the clues. If you’re struggling with today’s puzzle but still want to solve it, read on for tips and answers.

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Notifications for current Connections: Sports Edition groups

Here are four hints for the groups in today’s Connections: Sports Edition puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the difficult (and sometimes weird) purple group.

Notice the yellow group: Splash-splash.

Green group hint: Vroom!

Blue group hint: Cards and gum.

Purple group hint: Racket stars.

Answers for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups

Yellow group: Water sport verbs.

Green group: Speed.

Blue group: Sports card brands.

Purple group: Tennis Grand Slam winners, no letter.

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What are the answers today Connections: Sports Edition?

The yellow words in the current Connections

The theme is aquatic sports verbs. The four answers are kayak, row, sail and swim.

The green words in the current Connections

The theme is speed. The four answers are mustard, pop, velocity and zip.

The blue words in the current Connections

The theme is sports card brands. The four answers are Leaf, Panini, Topps and Upper Deck.

The purple words in today’s Connections

The theme is tennis Grand Slam winners, minus one letter. The four answers are ash (Arthur Ashe), relative (Billie Jean King), nada (Rafael Nadal) and William (Serena and Venus Williams).

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